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pace1 awkbklvbmim umksat ottawa the acton free press thursday november 18th 193 capital hems a through air ser vice from ottawa to nassau ba kama islands via new york and miami la heralded to commence very soon by colonial airline inc wilr trip total flying lime of 10 hour bureaullaughs the woman who wrote to the regional offices of prices board asking what articles were going to be rationed next so i can lay in a supply end tha employee who phoned selective ser vice asking if he could be frozen bo thejboss couldn t lire him according to the wptb santas reindeer will float light as a leather this christmas because wood and plastic toys will be available in fair suppl metal and rubber toys will be non compos mentis or is that the word the accent will be owing to shortage of labor by toymakers on ploe of this and that so ingenious johnny can do the as sembllng under direction of the consumers branch wptb i am told ward robes of children s made over cloth ing are being sent to a total of 103 centres in canada they offer a var iety of new ideas even to makeover experts like canadian mothers uir- ticularly in reclaimlng apparently useless material and turning it into something wearable emphasis is placed on combinations of pretty col ors tailored smartness and on un usual sways of turning the total losses in the wardrobe into nctlvc gar ments included in ihej kits are sev eral styles of childrens underwear cut down from daddys union suits its the first time in our countrys dressmaking history that patterns have been available for childrens underwear more than 14 000 canadians in the armed forces serving in england have married english girls believe it or not according to a recent on nouncement a lot of new moms will have to learn to bake apple pies again agriculture minister j g gardiner makes a special appeal that all farmers especially those in the three prairie provinces including other livestock shippers cooperate in withholding from market miws unfinished cattle and cows nnd oy spreading deliveries of bacon hogs and other classes of livestock as ivin- 1y as possible reason peak in de liveries in next two months conges tion in stock yards and pack ins plants sows 10 of all western hog marketings take more time to slaugh ter and process than regular hogs the machinery rationing officials meeting in begins sask recently were concerned about many farmers selling still usable tractors in the hope of getting luw ones while quotas have been increased there is jut enough o meet heeds of essentiality the nearest rationing officers should w written to for a permit before any sale or deal or hew purchase is made the sale of secondhand machines at enhanced prices to secure permlu for new equipment is conslde red an un fair practice the board holds v crops of main staples in canada tire quite a bit lower than 194- total wheat production estimated at 296- 1h9 000 bushels 50s lower than thi 1942 yield though larger than ny rop harvested fromro to 1937 an produced on mallesl acreage seeded to wheat since 191b feed grain i lower pboresl in respect to oau m ontario and quebec hoy ond clover estimated 1 144000 tons greater than 1942 though in some districts affected by moisture potato crop estimated at 43 041000 cwt ravages in some dis tricts offset by increased yield in new brunswick sharp reduction in sugar beet due to feed shortages in canada and expected lower production in hogs tor 1944 our new ham and bacon agreement with the uk provides for delivery of not less than 900 million lbs over tworyear period as com pared to current agreement of 675 million lb in one year the new price will be 922 so a hundredweight up 75 cents odds and ends of interest gross operating revenues of our canadian railways increased to 69727022 in july a new high monthly record rcaf aircrew serving in other war sones will now be granted special leave to canada for completing tours of operations the ame as if in the united kingdom the first canadian bible la now rolling off presses in toronto since 1cm printing rights have been strictly controlled only four other firms in the british empire havtai the authority to print bibles 1 the national flhn board has tf h travelling threatrear which go from village to village and factory to factory at reg ular interwbt the rural audience for them is now 3soj0oo a month in the factories ja quarter i ed more thai 300 steel cargo ship aside from warships and other war craft in a tingle convoy these too ships could carry the following mixed cargo- enough food to feed the en tire population of britain for one week enough lumber to build 1000 fourroom collages 400 bombers and enough aluminum to build more than 1x500 fighter planes steel for battleships enough bombs to drop 10 pounds or every german subject and motorized equipment to supply 200 infantry battalions aircraft workers in canada have saved the nation over j20oo0o cash in direct production costs by suggest ions made since the first or the year and perhaps millions indirectly ac cording to the aircraft industry re lations committee one canadun worker made a simple technical sug gestion which saves sj625 man hours on every one hundred aircraft the 1943 1 honey crop one of the best on record gets a preliminary estimate of 3220000 lbs exceeding the previous year by 35 per cent one- third of the total was produced in ontario the- prairies produced 14 million lbs five million was extracted in quebec 1300000 in british co lumbia and the maritime were some what less than in 1942 retriclions on the sale of protec tive rubber garments have been re voked by the frices board and re claimed rubber now can be used for these garments in place of crude rub ber this includes of course tire- men s coats mining suits souwester ashing suits and acid resisting suits our fast office has become big business and how a big increase is shown since the war started with gross revenues for 194213 being 59 175 137 take airgraphs overstay more than 76 000 of them are flown weekly from canada an vtrdlnary mall bag holds 2400 ordinary mettersr but 408 000 nlrgraftbjtwhlch ordinar ily would require 213 matfbags and occupy 639 cubic feet of cargo space just imagine our 1 o department in 1942 sent 201161c0 letters over seas as against 5 618640 in 1940 leaves leg behind when bombing nazis london cp they call robert christajn dunstnn thcwboder of the australian alr force although the circumstances arent quite the same dunton is a onelegged gunner min ing in the r a a f lancaster squad ron and recently got his commission not yc 20 bunltnn served nine months in the middle east in aus hallos army bofoie receiving the wound that cost him a leg after 1c i derations he returned to australia und wa invalided tut of the army he returned to t chool to resume he btudy of law but enlisted in the air force in june 1 h2 he came to lngland a few rnoi iths inter he has made mort than a moro o trips over the continent as a gunner usually he leaves his artificial leg behind on bombing trips accidents beach new high record casualties in lea very brltfah war factor he y in 1942 britain s war fac mw level in 1942 of sir wilfred of adult females is 29 02tt ami of 493 compared inspectors listed orles reached vlth particularly heavy casualties am inff the hundreds of thousands of woi nen drafted into industry indlcatloi s are however that the junk of sue losvts has been passed rtie 1942 re port gurrett thur inspector of factories showed reportable o cldent of adult males were 203 865 71 244 of nmli yout ft male youth 10 with 193b figures adult female cas ualties increased w per etnl and male casualties 51 er cent ministry of labor these seven main causes 1 increased employment of women nnd urls in accidentproducing in dustries 2 rapid acceleration of production combined with increased weariness 3 increased demands on over worked supervisory staffs 4 the patriotic idea that speed of production comes before every thing 5 evidence that older men are taking their full share in the war effort and are not always willing to admit they have lost their sprlghtli- neas 6 losses of maintenance ktaff 7 the close fl connection between sickness end acluwnt rates and the need or more adequate supervision defimtionofjthe priority ratings on september 20 the minister of labor honourable humphery mitch- ment in a and b labor priority industries by ordertncouncil effective september 30 it was pro- that employers in- these two groups could not release their male employees without the written per- nussion of national selective ser vice offjcer slmlllarly it was pro vided that male employees in these designated industries could not give their notices of separation without first having secured the written per mission of a national selective ser vice officer female employees are not at present included in this con trol in a statement to the press today arthur macnamara director of na tional selective service said that since the ministers announcement of september 20 there had naturally been numerous inquiries fram individuals and companies concerning their par tlcutar priority rating four priority classifications have been established mr macnamara said an a is a very high priority b high c low and d no prior ity j an a priority is assigned to lir dust lie activities or establishment encaged in the production of fuel liaso rntals umt certain chemicals aircraft lumber and selected equip ment and machinery shipbuilding aircraft production manufacture of implements of war and combat mat erials including equipment and fac ilities necessary to produce such mat erials nnd parts and including con st ruction maintenance nnd repair of such a ii priority rating included in dustriei or establishment engaged in such nctlvltleti as logging commun cation transportation agriculture processing or manufacture of basil foods newspaper publishing mainten ance of civilian health and safety government promotion of war pro duction and production essential to the support and supply of a the armed forces h the highest prloi- lty industries ami c essential ser vices construction nnd repair of in dustrial and essential municipal fac ilities a c priority rating includes those industries for which a low priority u intended although essentially is roc ognized these industries are con sldered essential to civilian life hut are not directly vital to the war ef fort such industries as apparel and other finished textile products manu factures pulp and paper printing some commercial machinery repair work oh bulldlngh ami parts of whole sale nnd v retail trade and buslnct service for civilians are included in this clarslllcatlon a d priority rating included thoo industries for which no priority considered to he justified generally peaking this includes noneiscntlnl production for civilian luo resident inl construction retail and wholesale trade of non essential items insur ance and real estate recreational ser vices advertising for civilian services dometlcj nnd personal services tav- erons photography etc are all nc tlvltleti licluded in this clarification qua ktkaigirr vfbom 8ctlooi algiers i captured in years of age straight from it was reported storykwlth the islon and the c p german airmen sicily were scarcely 20 and had been drafted se tool into the air force i ere b was the same i ermann coerlng dlv- wehrmacht generally better lo budget the farm income although a farm budgot ucarcefy ever works out as planned still he who budgets is likely to come out better than ho who trusts to luck says w d albright superintendent of the beavcrlodge experimental station speaking from thirty years frontier experience budgeting gives one n grasp of ones business ami u a wholesome check on big eyes it warns against counting on one dalluv to do the work of two or three alt annual budget is good a monthly one u bttter commence a budget by estimating the income first set down tin awm ed resources such as cush in tinnd lotal these then hut tno more prob lematic or fluctuating items such as cream checks hog wales etc and total these add the two sumw remem bering always that the blrtf in hand is the only one to count on now se1 down the fixed expenditures taxes interest insurance premiums and the like total these then put down the ordinary expen di lures such as food clothing and repairs total them add these two totals and compare with the prob able income if there is not enough income begin trimming sail in thi happy event of a probable surplus see how fat it win go toward the new stove or combine make list of the things desired and decide what are most urgent not forgetting victory bonds 1 balance the assured income against the definite commitments 2 balance tptal probable income against total probable outlay 3 figure how to spend any prob able surplus to the best advantage but only after it is received such bugetlng helps one to see the ml from the beginning as all good business men try to d- fancy price for steers lambs hogs at sherbrooke sale at sherbrooke que on october 22 ive stoc exhlb- tllinics perform notable selrvice for injured man lied at he provincial fat stock show and held two days previous to the show the grand champion 922 lb shorthorn steer scld to a leading montreal department store fo 5180 per lb or a total of 1615j60 it was owned and exhibited by f o bennett bury que the reserve grand champion steer a 700 lb aberdeen angus owned by a- n dea con north hat ley was bought by a montreal chain store for vi 03 per kb the same montreal store that bought the grand champion steer bought also the grand champion 72 lb wether lamb at 3 05 per lb which was si per tb higher than the rec ord price paid in 1942 the owner was fritz pope coatlcook que the reserve grand champion lamb went to a well known packing company at si 73 per lb this lamb was exhib ited by n deacon the grand champion pen of 3 hogs exhibited by bernard st pierre of coatlcook que was bought by an other packing company for 61 cents per lb dressed weight the 1943 sale at sherbrooke was featured by the largest number of cattle sheep and hogs offered ami the largest number of buyers since the sale was inaugurated eight years ago the price of s1jr0 per tb was six cents per lb ihjiow the record price of slbf paid in 1942 but the reserve grand champion brought 80 cents per pound above the 1942 price all the other 120 steers sold from 47 cents per pound for the champion hereford down to 19 1i cents though one sold for 17 cents most of the sales wore in the higher thirty and twenty rent brackets the pons of lambs wdd niter the grand champion and reserve grand champion were auctioned ranged in price from 41 cents per pound down to 111 cents the price being gov erned prlncluilly by how they weio scored by tho juue in tho exhibit the hogs sold from 32 cents wr und down to 17 j cents tho re again the price was governed accord ing to the placing in the show on the whole the 1043 prices for all stock sold averaged substantially higher than in any previous year xvhra the first solo following the provincial fat stock show was held at sherbrooke clrht years ago only 22 hteers were offored and they sold nt n nominal price tito offering of iambi nnd hogs were then proport ionately few duo to the lino organ ization of the promoters of tho show and their effort to attract buyers from montreal nnd other points who have hy bidding high on tho champ ionship exhibits encouraged producers to raise tho very uit quality of live ktock the raising of quality bcof cattle sheep nnd hogs in the eastern townships linn made remarkable pro gress particularly so with respect to uhit cattle throughout the years the i ivo stock branch of the quebec dopartment of agriculture and tho fimrlmentni formtf nnd production service of the dominion depart ment of agriculture have been active not only in educntlonnl work in the eld but in other directions as well what has been done in the eastern townships particularly in tho pro duction of beef cattle may be emulat ed n other ports of eastern canada which have potentialities for beef cattle production i syesrfnsent is k help tarfiktxrniirjr workers to smmiub in industry partridge hunt big thrill for english bride pilot officers wife excited over trip slutmcli canada saskatoon cp english brides are going to like canada as long as they don t expect hairrais ing accounts of life in the wilderness to materialise says mrs stuart port officer ffft mrsv thompson is seeing canada for the first time so far she has not run into any of the perils so luridlv described by canadian boys she met overseas she had been told of bears that knocked on doors like human beings and of winter snow that kept one indoors for weeks at a time 1 knew they were spoofing says mrs thompson but nevertheless her relieved laughter betrays the fact that she had a dim suspicion some where in the back of her mind that she might after all run into one of those ursine visitors tfcrilfad by trains mm thompson had become so used to the british blackout that her eyes are sore from looking at the bright night lights of western canadian cities she was thrilled by the trans- defeating the japanese unless the jnps overnight throw nude everything that is their nature japan could not accept the terms of unconditional surrender for them tlu word defeat does not exist we will destroy tokyo osakl yokohama destroy more and more of the jap nvy shoot down their aircraft fust- er thnn they can hulld them and wife out thounanda and thousands of jap iroop but that will not create a iptitre of defeat for the japs if tliev idhere to their code becaukc tho dio h main are not defeated imll they have died and to the jap deah becomes the individual form of vic tory this it not oriental mumhn- jumbo but is as much a part of the japanese nature ris treachery to defeat the japs we will have to exterminate every jap soldier seaman and airman this is the kind of enemy we are fighting in the pod lie and it seem obvious that we shall have to fight for yetrs in the far east but in doing that we may solve the question of what to do with japan after the war in tho process of lighting ihe japanese if they adhere to their curi ous code we shall have to sink eer single jap warship and exterminate irtually every jap wearing a unl form and that would settle the des tiny of japan cecil brown author of suez to singapore by suthleen bex tcfessmtsmai frees staff writes vancouver cp the carved maple leaf wu nice bit or work- 1 english wife of rnanshlp well done artistic it tofc r officer showed that joe could use his right hand again the third and fourth fingers so hopelessly crushed had recovered their strength yes the carved leaf was finished it hung in the occupational therapy room at the physiotherapy clinic of the workmens compensation board here in vancouver joe had left it and he s going back to work back to week thats the slogan of these hnlrastd workers alrplano builders loggew miners patients uho dally pour through the clinic doors when i get back on the job they say when i m heaving that axe again tossing that rivet making that ship its their work they talk about mostly from halifax to vancouver com pensatlon boards have opened phys iotherapy clinics its an employee employer pact the employer helps j the worker to help himself to ri i had hever seen before and the nbund well a man as possible in ttm nnd ho r certified seed potatoes now under price ceilings a big mistake many table potato growers make is to think that nn war time new industries and stepped up production mean more accidents and in addition canada has a manpower shortage a human overhaul and roxnlr shop the physiotherapy cjlnlc sends men hack to work in record time ment- i ly an i physically fit to ineiease staff thirty one highly trained men and women technicians handle the rlinlr cnkes here and this staff will bo increased when our now building finished by the end o thin year said dr f f shoppl y university of tor onto graduate nnd head of the clnlc when we ocncd n year nun we estimated a turnover of perhaps i li putknts n day there wiu a turnover all right of 400 with the new nn for many a long war year the young r ngllshwoman has been on a pro tracted ice cream hinge ever since she arrived in this country while visiting in port arthur po 1 homuan took his bride on her first hunting trip and she admits she was so xc i tod when her husband shot the first twrtrldge of he day that she nearly fell out of the car mrs thompson home in fnglanrf cmnped the hilt but her grnnrf- motlu rt houko was comph t y rfe nioll shed and she still hns frighten ing mcmortcii of the night many of her frlendt w re killed when n bomb htrurk an nlr raid shelter hfattfit or record iondon cp the next british nox our clink will double its original air ministry publication on the lines potatoes of good appearance will make good seed potatoes the fact is potatoes may carry virus dlseaset uhlch cannot be recognized in the tuber but which seriously decrease the yield and quality of the crop the potato crop in canada in 1943 averaged only 133 bushels an acre which leaves a very amah margin of profit for the producer it is more over not economical to plant poor seed bfcause of the increased acre age and labor required for the crops that are so urgently needed in war time by means of seed potato in spection conducted by the plant pro tection division tvmlnion depart ment of agriculture in all tho prov inces experienced growi rs arc assist ed in the production of certified seod potatoes sufficiently fro from virus diseases to produce high and profit able yield of table potatoes and also in the production of foundation and foundation a seed potatoes which are required for planting by seed imtato growers in n recent order issued by the wartime prices and trade board establishing celling prices for potatoes recognition has been given to ire nlue of potatoes certified by the dominion department of agriculture as seed potatoes certified wed which is suitable for table stock pro duction has a otillni of one cent a pound over that for the table grade canada no 1 the higher quality foundation a and foundation reed have ceiling over canada no 1 of one and one half and two cents a pound respectively canadian ccrtllml ed potatoes have established n high reputation in several countries for quality and pro ductivity an inrreokt in the prev alence of dlst aw carrying insects in recent ycara hnrf added to the difficul ties and rout of producing crops llglbli for certification ond that the i lglu r c hlng allowed for seed poi nt cm s in a prop r acknowledgment of a kmelal and more expensive pro duct our equipment ls the most modern in canida he added and our moth- odti are the name as those used in rngland to restore servicemen to health at present only 10 women workorn are numbered among the 100 dally clinic patients their injuries are chiefly tho result of t train trying to lift weights too heavy for them said mrs e i gurnor superintendent of the clinic staff many women who neve r did anything but housework imvo taken wnr jobs gallantly they olunteer to n mnnrt job which is just too much for them men like joe with strained imcks injured arm legs feet ltandn visit tho clinic when joe crushed his hand ho wiih t mpor irlly retired from work and tho compensation board paid two thirds of his salary tako overy em ployee ho had been paying two cents a day to create n medical aid fund with his board to meet part of the cost of medical services ills own doctor looked after him thon rec ommended physiotherapy treatment to restore the muscle action in his hand i- icctrlcal treatment and massage wore use to coax the injured muse i t back to life down in the gym joe practised gripping bars of different size in the manual trninlng room occupational therapy division h hammered and carved nt a piece of uood lie forgot his stiffened hand ns his interest grew in the leaf he was stuping before he knew it he was using thowj he lplctu lingers ngnln intrrested in bcvstsudge london cp german soldiers captured in italy were greatly inter ested in the beverldge plan arid asked all about it during thelrjnterrogation barbara ward of 4hevjbndoii econ omist staff told a social security mee ting in london fibre flax used many ways in war as the fibre division dominion txverlm tttnl farm service is the only organisation in canada carrying out im e st igut lonal woi k on fibre crops the work of the dlvlulcm u 1 artlcularly important during nt time the increase in the acreage of fibre flax in canada from about 10500 acres in 1039 to 4s 000 aereu in 104j show the importance of fibre flax for uai purpose years of investigation bi to moderp types of machinery the held for pulling lifting and bind ing and in the mills for scutching line fibre have been the basis for wartime assistance in developing and equip ping modern flax mills officials of the division also give assistance to new operators of flax processing ma chines on the best methods of oper ation so as to produce the highest quality of fibre new growers of flax are also informed about the bet methods of growing harvesting and retting for the purposes of the act re latlng to stockyards in canada n drover inettns any person of part nership engaged in the business of selling his live stock at a stockyard and on his own account live stock includes furbearing nnlmsjs raised in captivity as well as horses cattle sheep and swine of the lwjt kellers uotnlwr command nnd the battle of britain will des- rrllh the nlr campaign in the mid file fcjiut since the establishment in 1872 of hliddlenutre i- migration homes in birmingham 7 170 children have been ndmltti d nnd of theiur hg4 have mi grated to canada and australia whats holding yon buck brother nrhe fellows who arc in there pitching at the axis didnt need any formal invitation to race into this scrap and theyre beginning to wonder what happened to you those fellows are in the thick of things smoothworlung teams of fighters each man doing his part beside real heman action and adventure youll get skilled technical training and experience that em ployers will race highly after the war h you really wane to pull your fair share and if youre fit theres not thing in the world to hold you back you can go aircrew today you can win your wings in a few thon montht under the abidance of veteran airmen what about it brother caf join the nohtino comftams oj mr skus am in r i i fi l